Shas

Shas is a conservative political party in Israel that was founded by Rabbi Ovadia Yosef in 1984. "Shas" is the Hebrew abbreviation for the party's full name, Religious Guardians of the Sephardim, and the party's goal is to represent Haredi Sephardim and Mizrahim. The party had right-wing social views and center-left economic views, and it was almost always a part of a coalition government with either Likud or the Israeli Labor Party. In 2017, the party held 7/120 Knesset seats.